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SAINT-SAENS
Sonata no.1 / Suite op.16 / etc Pascal Amoyel (violin) Emmanuelle Bertrand (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] Written when he was only 27 years old, the Suite for cello remained one of Saint-Saëns’s favourite children all his life. Ten years later, in 1872, he discovered a new passion for the instrument, which led to the monumental First Sonata. ‘Nowhere... |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Piano Trios no.43-45 Patrick Cohen (fortepiano) Erich Hobarth (violin) Christophe Coin (violoncello) [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 20/Aug/2005 ] These three Trios were published in April 1797 by Longman and Broderip in London. Haydn brought a density and a variety of writing and expressiveness to a genre that was performed by amateur musicians with the sole aim of mutual pleasure. The... |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Trios 32, 33, 34, 35, 36 & 37 Patrick Cohen (fortepiano) Erich Hobarth (violin) Christophe Coin (violoncello) [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / 2 CD - released 12/Jun/2015 ] "Cohen, Höbarth and Coin maintain the high standards...astutely balancing vigour and subtlety, elegance and passion." (BBC Music) |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Flute Trios Nos. 28-30 Patrick Cohen (pianoforte Anton Walter, Wien c.1790), Konrad Hünteler (flute) & Christophe Coin (cello C.A. Testore, 1758) [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/Jan/2014 ] "The 1994 recording has not aged; it still sounds good as new. There are two kinds of Haydn lover in the world: those who have this album already, and those who need to grab it soon" (MusicWeb Feb 2014) |
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JOHN CAGE
Litany for the Whale Paul Hillier / Theatre of Voices / Terry Riley [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 5/Aug/2002 ] "A landmark for Cage" - Gramophone |
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Paul Hillier-voice; Nigel North-lute, theorbo, guitar
The Rags of Time-17th-c. English lute songs and dances [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 2/Jul/2002 ] ***** Five Stars (Pick of the Month) BBC Music Magazine(Aug 02) |
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CARL MARIA VON WEBER / FRANZ SCHUBERT
Weber - Piano Sonata no.2 op.39 / Schubert: Piano Sonata op.posth.147 D.575 Paul Lewis (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 8/Feb/2019 ] "Harmonia Mundi's full-bodied and vividly detailed engineering accounts for Lewis' every move, each dynamic adjustment, each attack, release, and pedal effect." ClassicsToday |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Sonatas / Piano Concertos / Diabelli variations Paul Lewis (piano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek [ Harmonia Mundi / 14 CD Box Set - released 25/Oct/2019 ] "One of the most highly prized recording marathons of recent years… an unmissable benchmark." - Gramophone on the Sonatas |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Für Elise and Bagatelles Opp. 33, 119 & 126 Paul Lewis (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Aug/2020 ] "All told, another hugely impressive disc from one of our greatest Beethovenians" Gramophopne Editor's Choice Sept 2020 |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas, Vol 4 (Nos 5-7, 15, 19, 20, 26, 30-32) Paul Lewis (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / 3 CD - released 23/May/2008 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD WINNER 2008 - RECORDING OF THE YEAR - "Every one of Paul Lewis's now-complete Beethoven Sonatas series has been selected as an Editor's Choice. Deservedly so. This final instalment boasts all the virtues of its... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas, Vol.1 (op.31 no.1, 2 & 3) Paul Lewis (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 19/Sep/2005 ] EDITOR'S CHOICE GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE Awards Issue 2005 "An epic Beethoven journey begins and this strong start promises well" |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Late Piano Works, Opp. 116-119 Paul Lewis (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 28/Jan/2022 ] Paul Lewis explores the world of late Brahms. The old master, far from growing more sedate, deploys a palette of infinite colours and sensibilities in his last four collections for solo piano. By turns tender and dazzling, intimate and tempestuous,... |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Paul Lewis plays Schubert Paul Lewis (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / 6 CD Box Set - released 31/May/2024 ] Paul Lewis is today regarded as one of the leading pianists of his generation. Having won the most coveted prizes of the great classical institutions for both his concert career and his recordings on harmonia mundi (Diapason d'Or of the year 2002,... |
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SCHUBERT
Piano Sonata No. 16, Wandererfantasie & Impromptus Paul Lewis (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2012 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Instrumental |
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SCHUBERT
Piano Sonata D959 and D960 Paul Lewis, piano [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 30/Apr/2003 ] "As an overall conception, however, it's exceptionally impressive. Lovely recordings, too, with the piano placed at what feels like the ideal distance." - BBC Music Magazine. Pick of the Month (June 2003) |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Piano Sonatas Paul Lewis (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 28/Oct/2022 ] Paul Lewis completes his exploration of Schubert's sonatas, begun almost twenty years ago, with three early masterpieces. The Sonatas D537 and D568 display the daring and freshness of their youthful creator, while with D664, dazzling in its artless... |
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SCHUBERT
Sonate no. 19 D.958 / Sonate no.14 D.784 Paul Lewis (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 1/Aug/2008 ] "Paul Lewis's passionate performance..playing at once spacious and implacably rhythmic." (Sunday Times) |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms - Piano Concerto no. 1 / Ballades op. 10 Paul Lewis (piano), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 22/Jun/2016 ] "Lewis brings all the requisite power to the 'sturm and drang' octaves and trills, but maintains flow and a wonderful feeling for inner voicing in the chorale theme…memorable" (BBC Music Five Stars) |
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FRANCESCO da MILANO
Francesco da Milano: Il divino Paul O'Dette (lute) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 29/Apr/2013 ] "O'Dette captures this music's improvisatory quality with effortless finger work and fluent ornamentation. Above all, he reveals the underlying rhetoric of this vocally inspired music" (BBC Music) |
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J.S. BACH
Lute Works Vol 1 Paul O'Dette (lute) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 2/Dec/2007 ] Johann Sebastian Bach so admired the sound of the lute that he designed a gut-strung harpsichord to imitate it (Lautenwerk) which 'deceived the ears of the best lutenists'. This invention permitted him, as a keyboard virtuoso, to compose astonishing... |